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Scientists simulated the conditions of Mars in a lab to observe how blocks of carbon dioxide "dug" their way through the planet's dunes.

Scientists Investigate Evidence of “Burrowing” Under Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is getting ready to ditch SpaceX for its first attempt to deliver astronauts to the Moon's surface in over half a century due to delays.

NASA May Ditch SpaceX for Moon Landing Because It’s So Behind

By Victor Tangermann

Keck II telescope observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS found "evidence for a puzzling anti-tail extension" pointing at the Sun.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Sprouted a Tendril Reaching Toward the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Even former OpenAI exec Andrej Karpathy, who coined the term "vibe coding," has seemingly fallen out of love with his own creation.

Inventor of Vibe Coding Admits He Hand-Coded His New Project

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have identified two theories explaining the mysterious gamma ray glow at the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers Ponder Strange Glow Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

The South Atlantic Anomaly, a strange dip in the Earth's magnetic field, has grown rapidly over the last eleven years, new data shows.

Mysterious Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Now Growing Rapidly

By Victor Tangermann

A woman successfully used ChatGPT to overturn her eviction notice and avoid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties.

Woman Wins Court Case by Using ChatGPT as a Lawyer

By Victor Tangermann

The owner of a restaurant in South Wales potentially saved the lives of two swimmers, who ventured out after asking ChatGPT for tide times.

Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was

By Victor Tangermann

The latest hoax involves kids sending their parents AI-manipulated pictures of them welcoming homeless men into their houses.

Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature but requires extreme levels of pressure.

Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI announced that it was working with the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. to put an end to his likeness appearing in Sora videos.

OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

Deutsche Bank says "European spending on ChatGPT has stalled since May," suggesting its struggling to recruit new subscribers.

ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization has released its latest report on global greenhouse gas emissions, and it's bleak.

The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand

By Victor Tangermann

A new way of delivering vaccines using nanoparticles could prevent or slow down a number of different cancers in mice.

Doctors Intrigued by Shot That Prevents Multiple Types of Cancer in Mice

By Victor Tangermann

Only a tiny sliver — roughly five percent — of the 800 million people using ChatGPT are actually paying for a subscription.

If You Were Bankrolling OpenAI, the Percent of ChatGPT Users Willing to Pay for It Might Make You Break Out in a Cold Sweat

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to OpenAI's Sora 2, it's never been easier to generate photorealistic AI slop videos puppeting the likenesses of deceased celebrities.

People Are Using OpenAI’s Sora to Mock the Dead

By Victor Tangermann

Major talent agencies told the Hollywood Reporter that OpenAI had been "purposely misleading" them in behind-the-scenes communications.

It Sounds Like OpenAI Really, Really Messed Up With Hollywood

By Victor Tangermann

Much of the rest of the world is growing deeply concerned about AI as well, a new Pew Research Center poll has shown.

International Polling Shows Fear of AI Across the World

By Victor Tangermann

Even the biggest players in AI are losing billions — "brutal" economics that highlight growing concerns of an enormous AI bubble.

The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous

By Victor Tangermann

Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.

Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online

By Victor Tangermann

Western executives warn that China's heavily roboticized manufacturing industry could quickly leave the West behind.

Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China

By Victor Tangermann

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has started selling unsold Cybertruck inventory to his own companies, including SpaceX and xAI.

Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that successfully reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.

Neuroscience and Brain

Nanoparticle Treatment Reverses Alzheimer’s in Mice

By Victor Tangermann

We may have been wrong about how the Moon's largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago.

There’s Something Really Strange About the Moon’s Largest Crater, Where NASA Astronauts Are Due to Land

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted “Dark Star” Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's Sora 2 app quickly turned into a rocky road. Copyright guardrails have frustrated many users and driven them away.

OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee announced that the company will "not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI

By Victor Tangermann

Sora 2 users started sharing clips of influencer Jake Paul coming out of the closet and giving makeup tutorials.

Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup

By Victor Tangermann

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

By Victor Tangermann

A horribly mangled AI rendition of a rental house on Zillow shows a two-story building in a far-too-flattering light.

This Listing for a Rental House Is Mangled With AI So Badly That You’ll Cackle Out Loud

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has remained adamant that rightsholders are already lining up to have their IP featured on Sora 2.

Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora

By Victor Tangermann

Many experts are concerned that an AI bubble could wreak havoc on the economy — but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos can't wait for it to burst.

Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak

By Victor Tangermann

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

Artificial Intelligence

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

Friend's 22-year-old CEO Avi Schiffmann posed for a photoshoot in front of his startup's defaced ads, relishing in the attention.

Artificial Intelligence

Cocky AI CEO Does Photoshoot in Front of His Subway Ads That Got Relentlessly Vandalized

By Victor Tangermann

How will OpenAI stop Sora 2 from burning through cash as users generate countless resource-intensive AI videos?

Sora 2 Has a Huge Financial Problem

By Victor Tangermann

Robin Williams during "One Hour Photo" Press Conference with Robin Williams and Michael Vartan at Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City, California, United States. (Photo by Vera Anderson/WireImage)

Robin Williams’ Daughter Disgusted by AI Slop of Her Father

By Victor Tangermann

People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

By Jon Christian, Victor Tangermann

British conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall called for billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to be blasted into space.

Jane Goodall Recorded a Message About Elon Musk Before Her Death

By Victor Tangermann

Deloitte was forced to reissue the Australian government $291,000 after getting caught including AI hallucinations in its report.

Consultants Forced to Pay Money Back After Getting Caught Using AI for Expensive “Report”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has seemingly managed to snap images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it made its flyby of the Red Planet.

NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Hot off the heels of the release of her new album, pop star Taylor Swift has been accused of using AI slop to promote the record.

Taylor Swift Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album

By Victor Tangermann

It's becoming clear that OpenAI put staggeringly little thought into the rollout of Sora 2, a "move fast and break things" approach.

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Already Melting Down Into Outrageous Drama

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have found that Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, signs of habitability.

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

By Victor Tangermann

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

True3D Labs founder and ex-Meta engineer Daniel Habib explored a "simpler way to watch 3D" right inside your browser.

Facial recognition

Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam

By Victor Tangermann

In a video that went viral, a clip shows Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth, raising copyright concerns.

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Is Generating Video of SpongeBob Cooking Meth, Highlighting Copyright Concerns

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad."

Astronaut Traveling to Moon Next Year Says He’s Hoping to Take a “Short Nap” on the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

Newly unveiled testimony has revealed that Elon Musk's SpaceX took money directly from Chinese investors, despite US military ties.

Elon Musk Caught Letting China Invest in SpaceX, a Huge US Military Contractor

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers said they had found "undepleted phosphine," a molecule associated with life, on Earth in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf.

Astronomers Startled to Spot Abundance of “Biosignature” Molecules in a Failed Star’s Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

New Yorkers appear to have plenty of reasons to ridicule and criticize AI startup Friend's latest offering.

AI “Friend” Startup Overwhelmed With Hatred

By Victor Tangermann

Roomba maker iRobot cofounder Rodney Brooks argued that Musk's vision of an Optimus robot-filled future is "pure fantasy thinking."

Robots and Machines

Cofounder of Roomba Maker Says Elon Musk Is in for a Terrible Surprise With Humanoid Robots

By Victor Tangermann

New safety data suggests that Waymo's robotaxis are astonishingly safe — perhaps far safer than we give them credit for.

New Data Shows Waymos Are So Safe That It’s Almost Comical

By Victor Tangermann

Italian movie producer Andrea Iervolino unveiled what he claims will be the first film directed entirely by an AI entity.

Artificial Intelligence

Producer Announces New Movie Will Be Directed by an AI Entity

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic is still struggling to evaluate the AI's alignment, realizing it keeps becoming aware of being tested.

Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth's surface 18 years ago, as spotted by NASA satellites.

Scientists Say They Detected Something Huge Shifting Inside the Earth

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's new Sora 2-powered TikTok rival will generate a video of the company's CEO Sam Altman shoplifting.

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting

By Victor Tangermann

In an unsettling promotional clip, a synthesized version of OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, announces the company's answer to Meta's Vibes app.

OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is said to be launching a TikTok-like app that recommends an endless stream of swipeable — and purely AI-generated — videos.

OpenAI Launching TikTok Competitor for Short-Form AI Slop Videos

By Victor Tangermann

CNBC personality Jim Cramer says there's no bubble coming for the AI sector — which should probably make any AI investors just a bit nervous.

You Might Want to Ditch Your AI Investments Now That Jim Cramer Says No Bubble Is Coming

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astornomer Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could've sent off the Wow! Signal back in 1977.

Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System May Have Emitted a Signal, Scientist Says

By Victor Tangermann

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